[Problems of the presence of potential mycotoxin producers in milk powders for babies (author's transl)].

Because of the finding of aflatoxin B1 in the liver of deceased children and in some samples of milk powder, commercial samples of domestic and foreign milk powder intended for babies were examined. From 4950 g of milk powder 11 119 colonies of 29 genera of mould were isolated, averaging 1,9 colonies for the domestic and 0,1 colonies/g for the foreign milk powders. The moulds were uniformly dispersed through the powder, but in one sample the greatest number of colonies was isolated from the surface layer of the powder in the original package. The results of the investigation must lead to a revision of views on the microbiological standards and the production and packaging technologies for baby foods.